Wednesday September 26th, 2001

A British television programme has broadcast new conclusions on why Ayrton Senna's Williams car crashed and killed the Brazilian driver in the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix.

'Going Critical', on the Channel Four station, concluded that Senna's Williams FW16 had not crashed because of a broken steering column - as ruled by Italian magistrates after the tragedy - but had gone off the track due to bottoming out and cold tyres.

The programme suggested that telemetry data had shown Senna's steering column reacting to him going off line before he slammed into the wall at the Tamburello corner at Imola. The steering column was found to be broken, but the programme indicated that this was caused on impact with the wall.

'Going Critical' concluded that Senna's car was running low and had bottomed out and slid off line after the tyres had cooled in the period prior to the crash when the field were following the Safety Car.

Published at 12:29:55 GMT

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